M. Sasikumar & Vela Ramamoorthy Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. Sasikumar and Vela Ramamoorthy appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Appa (2016 — 7.1/10). Films span Appa (2016) through Udanpirappe (2021).
The M. Sasikumar & Vela Ramamoorthy partnership
Between 2016 and 2021, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. From Appa (2016) to Udanpirappe (2021). Appa is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Appa (2016).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Appa; the 2020s to Udanpirappe. M. Sasikumar acted in every film; Vela Ramamoorthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sasikumar didn't just cast Vela Ramamoorthy in 'Appa' (2016) — he wrote the role of the strict father specifically for him after watching Vela's stage plays. Vela later said he took the part without even asking for the full script.
- On the set of 'Kidaari' (2016), Sasikumar would deliberately mess up his lines in the first take just to get a genuine, irritated reaction from Vela. That frustration became the backbone of their father-son tension in the film.
- Their third film together, 'Enai Noki Paayum Thota' (2019), was the first Tamil film to feature a fully CGI-recreated 1990s Chennai — a visual leap that happened because Sasikumar pushed the budget for Vela's character's flashback sequences.
- Between shoots, Sasikumar and Vela would sit in the same van and argue about Tamil literature for hours. Vela once brought a rare 1970s novel to set just to prove a point about a dialogue they were debating.
- Vela Ramamoorthy said in a 2019 interview: 'Sasikumar doesn't direct actors — he provokes them. He made me angry on purpose in every film so my performance would feel real.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Appa (7.1/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Appa
- Kidaari
- Udanpirappe
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Appa, M. Sasikumar had starred in 13 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Subramaniapuram (2008).
After Udanpirappe, M. Sasikumar went on to appear in 9 more films, including Tourist Family (2025) and Garudan (2024).
Before Appa, Vela Ramamoorthy had starred in 3 films, including Madha Yaanai Koottam (2013) and Komban (2015).
After Udanpirappe, Vela Ramamoorthy went on to appear in 21 more films, including 800 (2023) and The Road (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. Sasikumar & Vela Ramamoorthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Namo Narayana is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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